7th Review: The Nature of Science

The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations is...

• science

• observations

• inferences

• conclusions

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This field of science studies landforms, rocks, soil, and the forces that shape the Earth's surface...

• physical science

• life science

• earth science

• chemistry

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If you are studying living things, such as this frog, your field of study is most likely...

• earth science

• life science

• physical science

• chemistry

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Physical science includes the study of... (choose 2)

• the Earth's interior

• matter

• animal adaptations

• energy

Physical science includes these two topics... (choose 2)

• biology

• geology

• chemistry

• physics

This is a process that uses a variety of skills and tools to answer questions or test ideas about the natural world...

• scientific inquiry

• critical thinking

• accuracy

• hypothesis

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If I'm using my senses to gather information and study what is occurring, this is...

• prediction

• critical thinking

• inferences

• observations

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A logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience is...

• a hypothesis

• an inference

• a prediction

• an observation

A possible explanation about an observation that can be tested by scientific investigation is...

• critical thinking

• a hypothesis

• a description

• sampling

When a meteorologist releases a statement as to what they believe will happen next with the weather, this is...

• a hypothesis

• a prediction

• an explanation

• a variable